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COMBINED PLOW AND DRILL.

No. 248,107. Patented Odt. 11,1881.

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} UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILPIN MOORE AND WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, ()F MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO DEERE 8t MANSUR COMPANY, SAME PLACE.

COMBINED PLOW AND DRILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,107, dated' October 11, 1881.

' Applicationfi1edJuly1 188l. (NomodeL) To all whom tt may. concern Be it known that we, GILPIN MOORE and WILLIAM- H. JoHNsoN, residents'of Moline, Illinois, have made a new and useful Im- 5 provelnent in Combined Plows and Drills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot'this specification, in which- Figure l is aview in perspective of an implement having the improvement; Fig. 2, a plan, a portion of the seed boX being broken away; Fig. 3, a side elevation, the near moldboard being removed and the seeder resting i5 on the ground; Fig. 4, asimilar elevation,the seederbeing raised; and Fig. 5 a detail show ing the connection of the hook with the catch upon the plow-handles when the seeder is lifted from the ground. l

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvementin that class of'agricultural implements used for plowing and planting at a single operation,

and more particularly in what is termed a combined lister plow-and drill, theplow having a double mold-board and turning two furrows simultaneously, one to the right and the other to the left, the drill being arranged behind the plow and havinga spoutin the form of or provided with a subsoil-shoe, and a driving and smoothing wheel being arranged in rear of the shoe.

Theimprovement mainly relates to the mode of connecting the drill and plow.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a plow, having a double mold-board, B B, the beam 0, and handles D D, substantiallyot'the usual description.

E represents the drill attachment, having 40 the beam F, dropper Gaspout H, subsoil-shoe I, and a smoothing and covering wheel, J, which also acts as a drive for thedropper mechanism.

The dropper, as well as the shoe and driving-wheel, may be of any approved style consistent with the main feature of the improve-' ment, viz., the manner of uniting the plowing and the planting portions of the implement, and which is as follows: a plate, K, fastened to the plow-beam C, and practically forming a part or extension thereof, is slotted at k. A bolt, f, passes through the drill-beam F, and the slot 70 connecting the drill beam, and all the fixtures immediately therewith associated with the plow, in such manner as to enable the plow and seeder to turn vertically upon each other, and so that the seeder shall be free of the oscillations of the plow. I

Connectionspreferably in the form ot bars L L-extend, at each side ofthe plow,from the plow, at or near the base thereof, backward and upward to the drill, uniting therewith at a point in rear of the bolt f, and preferably with the armv 1 which supports the shoe I from the drill-beam, the connection of the bars L L perforations, by means of which and the bolts "6 i the shoe can be set to run deeper or shallower, as desired. In practice the shoe is set to run from one and one-half to two and onehalf inches deep. standard i is made openin the rear, to answer as a tube to conduct the seed into the furrow made by the shoe.

The driving-wheel J turns in suitable bearings,jj, connected with the beam F, and is furnished with a sprocket-wheel, M; Another sprocket-wheel, N, is journaled upon the drillbeam at n, and is supplied with a crank, n, from which a pit-man, it, leads to the dropper mechanism. A chain, 0, communicates the motion of the'driving-wheel to the wheel N, and thence to the dropper. v

P represents an arm, jointed at its lower end to the drill-beam,and extending-thence upward, and having a hook, 19. By raising the rear end 5 of the drill-beam or by depressing the plowhandles the hook p can be made to engage with a catch, 19, upon or connected with the plow-handles, and the drill mechanism thereby upheld from the ground, which is desirable in too The shoe, including the 80 turning the implement at the ends ofthe rows, or whenever the operation of the drill is to be suspended.

Thetwo positionsof the drill are respectively shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the former the drill is lowered, as in operation, and in the latter the drill is raised from the ground. So far as turning the drill and plow vertically upon each other is concerned, the opening in the plateK need not be elongated into a slot, such as at k but, in connection with the straps L L, the slot, it the drill-beam is connected with the plate K, becomes essential, and in that case a sliding fulcrum, in effect, is provided. On the other hand, by virtue of the straps L L beingjointed to the plow, the drill and plow, in addition to the downward draft exerted by the straps upon the shoe I and also upon the driving-wheel, are connected in such a way as to enable one to turn vertically upon the other, and in such case the connection of the drill-beam in the slot aids in steadying the drill and operates to limit the movement ofthe drill both directly toward and from the plow and vertically. The two connections, the straps, and the drill-beam in the slot 7; are, however, especially valuable in combination. The two parts of the implement, in operating upon level ground, are practically rigidly united. At the same time hillocks anddepressions can be passed without interrupting the proper working of either part of the implement. The plow can also oscillate sufficiently without affecting the working of the drill, and when the machine is not in operation either part can be turned upon the other. The weight of the driving-wheel and of the rear end of the drill can also, by means of the jointed connection of the drill with the plow, act as a lever to assist in holding the shoe and wheel down to the ground. A constant and steady pressure is produced upon the driving-wheel, the effect of which is to obtain an even and accurate movement of the seed-dropping mechanism.

We claim-- 1. The combination of the plow A, having the double moldboard B B, the drill E, and straps L L, the latter being pivoted to the plow at the level of the lower part of the mold-board, and

extending thence backward and upward to the point of connection with the drill, and the drillbeam being jointed to the plow at a point above the connection therewith of said straps.

2. The combination of a plow and drill,said plow and drill being connected by a jointed connection leading from the lower part of the mold-board of the plow backward and upward to the drill at or near the drill-beam, which, in turn. is at its forward end jointed to the plow, for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the plow A and the drill E, connected by means of the drill-beam engaging in the plate K, and by means of the straps L L leading from the lower part of the moldboard upward and backward to the drill, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the plow A, plate K, having the slot 7., the drill-beam F,shoe I, arm 2', and straps L L, said straps beingjointed to the mold-board at or near the lower part there of and to the drill at or near the drill-beam, substantially as described.

5. Aplow and drill in combination and connerted as follows: a connection jointed to the plow at or near the base thereof, and extending thence backward and upward to the point of connection with the drill, and the (lriltbeam beingjointed to or turning upon the plow at a pointthereon above that of the connection first above named.

6. The combination ot'the plow A, drill'beam F, shoe I, arm '2', perforations t, and'the straps L L, said drill-beam and straps both being jointed to said plow, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the plow A, strapsL L, beam F, shoe 1, and wheel J, said drill-beam and straps both being jointed to said plow, substantially as described.

8. A drill having a subsoil shoe, I, and jointed loosely to a plow in front, to enable both drill and shoe to be independent of the oscillations of plow.

GILPIN MOORE. WILLIAM H. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

W. J. ENTRIKIN, J. T. BROWNING.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 248,107, issued October 11, 1881, for an improvement in a Gomhined Plow and Drill, upon the application oi'Gilpin MOON mnl William H. Johnson, were improperly granted to "Deere 80 M ansur Company, as owner of the entire interest, whereas it appears by the assignments of record in this Qffiee that said Deere & lwillltllll' Company were nssignees of one-half only, and that Messere. Deere 8: (30. were nssignees of the remaining one-half interest and that the said Letters Patent should have been granted to said Deere 80 Co. jointly with said Deere & Mauser Company; that the proper eerreetions have been made in the tiles and papers relatingto the ease in the Patent Ofliee, and are hereby made in said Letters Patent to make the title therein conform to the records in the Patent Ofiiee.

Signed, eountemigned, and sealed this 25th day of October, A. D. 1881.

[sank] A. BELL.

- Acting Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned E. M. MARBLE,

Commissioner of Patents. 

